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Whether buttoning up had anything to do with the Bucs tightening up is debatable.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers saluted their past, then rookie Josh Freeman gave the struggling franchise hope for the future.

Carolina's DeAngelo Williams breaks to the outside as Tampa Bay's Barrett Ruud and Ronde Barber defend.

If defense wins championships, then there was no team that could have ever stopped the 2002 Buccaneers.

With the obvious exception of the final score, there wasn't much about playing a game against the Patriots at Wembley Stadium that the Bucs didn't like.

Tom Brady threw three touchdown passes as the New England Patriots cruised to a 35-7 victory over the winless Tampa Bay Buccaneers at London's Wembley Stadium.

In his first regular-season game, Bucs rookie quarterback Josh Freeman finishes 2-of-4 for 16 yards and is sacked twice in two series during the fourth quarter.

LONDON - This is not what the NFL had in mind. When the league decided last December to showcase itself by putting New England and Tampa Bay on its world stage at Wembley Stadium, the Patriots were without quarterback Tom Brady but were still New England and the Buccaneers were en route to a 9-7 season.

The Buccaneers will be going for their first win of the season on Sunday against the Patriots at Wembley Stadium in London.

Paul Stewart never will forget the cool Monday night in November 1982, when Tampa Bay cornerback Mike Washington picked off a Don Strock pass at the goal line to preserve a Buccaneers victory over the Dolphins.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers knew they were rebuilding, so if you're going young, why not go all out? The Bucs replaced coach Jon Gruden with 33-year-old Raheem Morris, the youngest active coach in the league and the fourth-youngest of all time.

Michael Vick has this handing-off thing down. He still has to work on his blocking and route running.

Once again, we'll get the solid Fox broadcasting crew ofSam Rosen ,Tim Ryan and Laura Okmin .

So much for gradually working his way back. Donovan McNabb, playing Sunday for the first time in a month, fashioned one of the most efficient passing performances in franchise history in the Eagles' 33-14 win over the Buccaneers at Lincoln Financial Field.

The oddsmakers have the Eagles as fifteen-point favorites at home on Sunday against Tampa Bay.

There was only one guy in the Eagles ' locker room who didn't groan when the subject of the last Buccaneers game was brought up.

Defensive back Ronde Barber #20 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers tries to deflect the pass of quarterback Eli Manning #10 of the New York Giants during the game at Raymond James Stadium on September 27, 2009 in Tampa, Florida.

For the time being at least, all is well in the world of the Washington Redskins.

They had also allowed a quarterback making his first NFL start to throw for a touchdown on his first pass of the game.

They went back to work on Wednesday and Thursday after searching their souls, looking in the mirror, promising more accountability.